During yesterday’s extremely long Google I/O keynote, the company dedicated a good amount of time announcing improvements to its Google+ social networking platform. One of the major changes they announced yesterday was to its Hangouts feature, which Google was looking to […]
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The new Google Hangouts app combines typed conversations, images, and video conferencing into a single, seamless experience. This is the way chat is supposed to be.
Google hasn’t even officially launched Babel, but word on the street has it that the aforesaid term was being used internally to reference a new, unified chat platform. Now, TechRadar is reporting that Babel will simply become a part of Google Hangouts — almost certainly as a means to continue the art of subtly shoving Google+ onto every user it can. Moreover, the newly expanded Hangouts could launch as early as next week during Google I/O, and we’ll be there to bring you the goods if indeed it does.
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Ever since Google Glass has been made available to a select number of people, we’ve been seeing a number of Glass-related applications such as a Reddit application, an app that allows you to wink to take a photo, and an app which lets you upload your Google Glass videos straight to YouTube, it’s about time Google rolled out an official update for its wearable computer.
If you’re one of the lucky few who currently own a Google Glass, then you can look forward to a new update being rolled out by Google which will include the expected list of bug fixes, optimizations and improvements. In addition to those, Google has updated Google Glass to sync data in the background when its plugged in and is connected to Wi-Fi, messages and transcriptions of queries is faster and the battery charge estimation has also been improved. (more…)
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Film promotion has changed over the years. Sure, there are still posters, trailers, TV spots, and radio and print ads, but now there’s also Google+ — at least for Ender’s Game. The upcoming film, based on Orson Scott Card’s award winning sci-fi novel, is using the social network to tease fans — flaunting a brief peek at the film’s trailer and advertising a Google+ Hangout with the film’s creators. Leading actors Harrison Ford and Asa Butterfield kicked off the hype machine by introducing a teaser trailer for the film, promising the full preview as a Google / YouTube exclusive next week. The entire clip (introduction included) falls under a minute, just long enough for die-hard fans to cry “the book is better.” You can take your continuity complaints to the film’s director, producer and star on May 7th.
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We’ve seen a number of improvements to Google Hangouts over the past couple of months that have certainly helped its users get the most out of it, two of the most recent updates adding automatic muting while you type and a screen capture feature. Today, Google is once again adding another feature to its Hangout chat client, and this one will certainly delight parents around the world who have no idea what’s wrong with their printer at 2 a.m. as you can now remotely control each other’s computer.
That’s right – remote desktop control is now available on Google Hangouts, which can only be done if the other user gives you permission to do so, during a video call. The process of initiating a remote desktop session is easy as you’ll first need to start a Hangout, then click on View More Apps > Add Apps > Hangouts Remote Desktop. Once you’ve activated this feature, you’ll be able to help out any and all comers with their computer issues. Just remember you’re probably going to be video chatting with whoever it is you’re helping remotely, so we recommend you keep the eye rolling to a minimum.
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